Government forces and rebels in South Sudan were on December 27, 2013 battling for control of a key oil town as regional powers met in an effort to broker an end to the worsening civil war. South ...

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The decision means South Sudanese could be returned to a nation again on the brink of civil war or unable to seek the U.S. as a haven.

North Andover Historical Society museum educator David Blauvelt will highlight some of the area’s Revolutionary War heroes who are buried in the First and Second Old Burial Grounds and how their ...

AVONDALE, AZ — A war veteran was arrested last week after allegedly threatening to kill Muslims at a West Valley center of worship. According to police documents, officers were called to the ...

The 12,000-square-foot educational and interpretive center will serve as a starting point for the Shockoe Project, leading into other components, such as a long-planned 62,000-square-foot slavery ...

RICHMOND, Va – City leaders and the Shockoe Institute held a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday, highlighting the significance of the project and sharing plans for an augmented reality experience.

RICHMOND, Va. — Police released the name of the man killed in Richmond's Shockoe Bottom neighborhood as Shamar Trimmer. Trimmer, 29, of Henrico County, was shot and killed at about 3:30 a.m ...

Eddie Murphy says Sidney Poitier urged him not to star in Oscar-nominated film Access to the deepest US lake is closing to tourists for at least 3 years Shake Shack founder: The best employees ...

So far 1,644 people have been reported killed in earthquake and 3,408 missing, but many areas have not yet been reached. Two Indian C-17 military transport aircraft were able to land late Saturday ...

I knew from the first few seconds that “Warfare” was going to be a different kind of war movie. Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s film about a real battle in the Iraq War opens with a sexy ...